We saw the Nokia E6 first leak a little over a month ago, suggesting that Nokia had plans to add a touchscreen into the portrait QWERTY formula pulled off so well in the E71... but there was a problem: the screen was off. Where's the fun in that? Now another shot of the apparently upcoming Symbian device has leaked -- this time in a darker shade -- showing an updated user interface with icons that look just big enough to comfortably fat-finger. That's all we've got for the moment, but for E71 owners still waiting for their knight in shining armor to swoop in and offer a worthy replacement, this might end up being the closest thing -- assuming, of course, it hasn't been canceled and you're still okay going with Symbian for your next phone.
So, the E72/73 is not an adequate replacement?
ReplyDeleteI had an E71 for a while...
ReplyDeleteOn the hardware side, everything was awesome, except for the 3.1 MP camera, sooo grainy and showed lines across the screen if there was a hint of darkness at all.
What really killed it for me was the software. It had GREAT functionality yet, surprisingly, so many bugs. Without a decent app store, third party downloads rarely worked. All the Google apps worked great, but the existence of so many bugs here and there made operation a hassle. Dude, if Symbian had the support similar to other mobile software companies, it could have had a bright future.